First finding of epibiont peritrich and suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora) on oligochaetes and harpacticoid copepods from the deep-water hypoxic / anoxic conditions of the Black Sea
Author
Sergeeva, Nelli
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, 2, Nakhimov av., 299011, Sevastopol, Russia. E-mail: nserg 05 @ mail. ru
Author
Dovgal, Igor
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 15, B. Khmelnitsky str., 01601, Kiev, Ukraine. E-mail: dovgal @ izan. kiev. ua
text
Ecologica Montenegrina
2014
2014-05-07
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https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2014.1.7
journal article
10.37828/em.2014.1.7
2336-9744
10662222
Cothurnia maritima
Ehrenberg, 1838
(
Fig. 1-2
)
Diagnosis
. Loricate, stalked peritrich ciliate. Lorica much longer than wide, occasionally with irregular ridges and furrows. The external stalk is relatively long; the short and broad endostyle is also present, mesostyle absent. Macronucleus straight. Marine species, attached to different substrates.
It should be mentioned that in our materials the individuals with furrows of lorica neither were observed.
Measurements
(in µm): lorica height 39-48 (35-56 after
Warren and Paynter 1991
), width 29-42 (28-33 after
Warren and Paynter 1991
); external stalk length 8-19 (10-15 after
Warren and Paynter 1991
); endostyle length 4-11, width 6-11.